Fort Worth, Texas (Nov 2, 2026) – Polaris Healthcare Partners, a national healthcare group practice sales and strategic consulting firm, announced today that Compass Dental Services, which supports a seven-location dental group serving North Central Texas, has partnered with Elevate Dental Partners. Polaris served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Compass Dental Services and brothers Dr. Scott Ballard and Dr. David Ballard throughout the transaction.
The transaction marks the next chapter for an organization the Ballard brothers have spent over two decades building.
Under Scott and David Ballard’s leadership, the organization grew into a seven-location dental group with 91 operatories across North Central Texas. The brothers expanded the organization through a combination of de novo development and strategic acquisitions, building practices around strong clinical leadership, long-term patient relationships and the communities they serve.
“Scott and David deserve tremendous credit for what they’ve built,” said Diwakar Sinha,
Founder and CEO of Polaris Healthcare Partners. “We’ve had the privilege of working alongside them for years and watching them grow an exceptional organization with great people, strong practices and deep roots in their communities. When the time came to consider a sale, our role was to help them understand the market, position what they had built appropriately and navigate the options in front of them. We’re incredibly proud to have been part of this next chapter.”
Polaris has advised the Ballards for several years on strategic growth initiatives and served as the exclusive sell-side advisor for the transaction. The sale attracted significant buyer interest and multiple offers, creating a competitive process that allowed the Ballards to evaluate both the economics and strategic fit of prospective buyers.
For the Ballards, the decision to sell represented more than a financial transaction. After decades spent growing the organization, identifying the right buyer meant considering the future of the practices, their teams, patients and the legacy they had built.
“We knew there would eventually be a right time to consider a sale, but we weren’t interested in forcing the timing or making a decision based on a number alone,” said Dr. Scott Ballard.
“Polaris helped us understand the market, weigh our options and stay disciplined throughout the process. We wanted to protect what we had built while positioning the organization for continued success.”
“When you’ve spent this much of your life building something, and when your family’s history is tied to it, the decision becomes incredibly personal,” said Dr. David Ballard. “This was about our doctors, our team, our patients and the communities that have trusted us for years. We wanted to feel confident about where the organization was going next.”
Drs. Scott and David Ballard will remain with the organization in leadership roles and are becoming shareholders in Elevate. The group’s partner dentists will continue to lead their practices as Elevate partners.
Polaris supported the Ballard organization throughout its journey, from strategic consulting and partnership through the successful sale, helping drive a 56% increase in enterprise value along the way. The recent transaction was also supported by Stock Legal. Elevate Dental Partners was represented by Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP in the transaction.
“Scott and David built something special: strong practices, long-tenured teams and deep roots in the communities they serve,” said Matt Hendrick, Co-Founder of Elevate Dental Partners.
“What drew us to Compass was the culture they created and the clinical leadership in every office. We’re excited to partner with Scott, David and their doctors as we grow together in North Texas, and our job is to give their teams the support to keep doing what they do best.”
About Elevate Dental Partners Elevate Dental Partners is a Denver-based dental partnership organization founded on the idea that getting support shouldn’t mean giving up control. Through its innovative partnership model, dentists keep clinical leadership of their practices and share the ownership at both the practice level and in Elevate, while getting significant support and resources to help their practices thrive. With the addition of Compass, Elevate supports practices across Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Kansas and Texas. For more information, visit www.elevate-dental.com.
About Polaris Healthcare Partners
Polaris Healthcare Partners works with the innovators and builders of healthcare: dental and physician group practice owners who refuse to settle for ordinary growth. We guide clients through multi-location expansion, equity partnerships, and strategic exits with precision and
foresight. Specializing in sell-side advisory, growth consulting, and debt strategy, we simplify complexity, unlock value, and help founders lead with confidence and intention.
About Stock Legal
Stock Legal provides the legal foundation for ambitious dentists and entrepreneurial clinicians: practice owners who want to scale with confidence and clarity. We guide doctors through starting a practice, group practice expansion, associate equity incentives, partnership structuring, DSO formations, and strategic exits. Combining big-firm capability with accessible fixed-fee pricing, we eliminate legal complexity so dental founders can build, scale, and transition on their own terms.